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Fifth Amendment 

• No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

• Amdt5.1 Role of the Grand Jury
  • Amdt5.1.1 Grand Jury Clause
    • Amdt5.1.1.1  Grand Jury Clause: Historical Background
    • Amdt5.1.1.2  Grand Jury Clause: Doctrine and Practice
  • Amdt5.1.2  Military Exception to the Grand Jury Clause
• Amdt5.2 Protection Against Double Jeopardy
  • Amdt5.2.1 Double Jeopardy Clause
    • Amdt5.2.1.1  Double Jeopardy Clause: Historical Background
    • Amdt5.2.1.2 Double Jeopardy Clause: Doctrine and Practice
      • Amdt5.2.1.2.1  Scope of the Double Jeopardy Clause
      • Amdt5.2.1.2.2  Dual Sovereignty Doctrine
      • Amdt5.2.1.2.3 Double Jeopardy and Reprosecutions
        • Amdt5.2.1.2.3.1  Reprosecution After Mistrial
        • Amdt5.2.1.2.3.2  Reprosecution After Acquittal
        • Amdt5.2.1.2.3.3  Reprosecution Following Conviction
      • Amdt5.2.1.2.4  Imposition of Multiple Punishments for the Same Offense
• Amdt5.3 Protection Against Self-Incrimination
  • Amdt5.3.1 General Protections Against Self-Incrimination
    • Amdt5.3.1.1  General Protections Against Self-Incrimination: Historical Background
    • Amdt5.3.1.2  General Protections Against Self-Incrimination: Doctrine and Practice
    • Amdt5.3.1.3 General Protections Against Self-Incrimination: Select Topics for Consideration
      • Amdt5.3.1.3.1  Self-Incrimination and the Concept of Immunity
  • Amdt5.3.2 Specific Settings for Self-Incrimination Rights
    • Amdt5.3.2.1  Withdrawl of Government Benefits
    • Amdt5.3.2.2 Custodial Interrogation
      • Amdt5.3.2.2.1  Custodial Interrogation: Early Doctrine
      • Amdt5.3.2.2.2  Custodial Interrogation: Doctrine from 1940s to 1960s
      • Amdt5.3.2.2.3 Custodial Interrogation: Current Doctrine
        • Amdt5.3.2.2.3.1  Miranda and its Aftermath
        • Amdt5.3.2.2.3.2 Rule of Miranda and its Limits
          • Amdt5.3.2.2.3.2.1  Custodial Interrogation Standard
          • Amdt5.3.2.2.3.2.2  Requirements of Miranda
          • Amdt5.3.2.2.3.2.3  Exceptions to Miranda
• Amdt5.4 Right to Due Process
  • Amdt5.4.1  Right to Due Process: Overview
  • Amdt5.4.2  Right to Due Process: Historical Background
  • Amdt5.4.3 Right to Due Process: Doctrine and Practice
    • Amdt5.4.3.1 Persons Protected by the Due Process Clause
      • Amdt5.4.3.1.1  Persons Protected by the Due Process Clause: Persons
      • Amdt5.4.3.1.2  Persons Protected by the Due Process Clause: State Governments
  • Amdt5.4.4 Procedural Due Process in Non-Criminal Cases
    • Amdt5.4.4.1  Procedural Due Process in Non-Criminal Cases: Overview
    • Amdt5.4.4.2 When a Deprivation of Due Process Occurs
      • Amdt5.4.4.2.1  Deprivations of Liberty
      • Amdt5.4.4.2.2  Deprivations of Property
    • Amdt5.4.4.3 What Process is
      • Amdt5.4.4.3.1  What Process is Due when a Deprivation Occurs: Pre-Modern Doctrine
      • Amdt5.4.4.3.2 What Process is
        • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.1  Mathews Test
        • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.2 Key Aspects of Due Process
          • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.2.1  Key Aspects of Due Process: Overview
          • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.2.2  Notice of the Change or Issue
          • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.2.3  Opportunity for Meaningful Hearing
          • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.2.4  Impartial Decision Maker
        • Amdt5.4.4.3.2.3  Other Aspects of Due Process
    • Amdt5.4.4.4 Timing Issues and Procedural Due Process
      • Amdt5.4.4.4.1  Non-Retroactivity Rules and Due Process
    • Amdt5.4.4.5 Procedural Due Process in Non-Criminal Cases: Select Topics for Consideration
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.1  Deportation and Exclusion Proceedings
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.2  Parental and Children's Rights
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.3  Physical Restraints
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.4  Prisoners
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.5  Military Proceedings
      • Amdt5.4.4.5.6  Federal and State Taxation
  • Amdt5.4.5 Substantive Due Process
    • Amdt5.4.5.1  Lochner Era & Economic Substantive Due Process
    • Amdt5.4.5.2 Current Doctrine
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.1  Substantive Due Process: General Approach
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.2  Rights of Family Autonomy and Raising Children
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.3  Right to Marry
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.4 Right to Privacy
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.4.1  Right to Privacy: Pre-Modern Doctrine
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.4.2 Right to Privacy: Current Doctrine
          • Amdt5.4.5.2.4.2.1  Right to an Abortion
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.4.3  Private Sexual Activity
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.4.4  Informational Privacy
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.5 Right to Medical Care Decisions / Health Care Autonomy
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.5.1  Right to Refuse Medical Treatment
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.5.2  Physician Assisted-Death
        • Amdt5.4.5.2.5.3  Civil Commitment and Treatment
      • Amdt5.4.5.2.6  Equal Protection as a Substantive Component of Due Process Clause
  • Amdt5.4.6 Due Process Limits on Personal Jurisdiction and Taxation
    • Amdt5.4.6.1 Due Process and Personal Jurisdiction
      • Amdt5.4.6.1.1  Due Process and Personal Jurisdiction: Doctrine and Practice
    • Amdt5.4.6.2 Due Process and Taxation
      • Amdt5.4.6.2.1  Due Process and Taxation: Doctrine and Practice
  • Amdt5.4.7 Void for Vagueness Doctrine
    • Amdt5.4.7.1 Void for Vagueness and the Due Process Clause
      • Amdt5.4.7.1.1 Void for Vagueness and the Due Process Clause: Doctrine and Practice
        • Amdt5.4.7.1.1.1  Void for Vagueness and the Due Process Clause: Doctrine and Practice
  • Amdt5.4.8 Procedural Due Process and Criminal Cases
    • Amdt5.4.8.1 Due Process and the Rights of Criminal Defendants
      • Amdt5.4.8.1.1  Due Process and the Rights of Criminal Defendants: Overview
    • Amdt5.4.8.2 Due Process and the Rights of Criminal Defendants: Select Topics for Consideration
      • Amdt5.4.8.2.1 Select Topics for Consideration
        • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.1 Pre-Trial Due Process Rights
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.1.1  Identification Limits
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.1.2  Plea Bargaining
        • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2 Trial Procedure Due Process Rights
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.1  Burden of Government (of Guilt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt)
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.2  Competency for Trial
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.3  Evidentiary Requirements
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.4  Unbiased Judge
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.5  Impartial Jury
          • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.2.6  Juveniles in the Criminal Justice System
        • Amdt5.4.8.2.1.3  Post-Trial Due Process Rights
• Amdt5.5 Taking Private Property for Public Use
  • Amdt5.5.1 Takings Clause
    • Amdt5.5.1.1  Takings Clause: Overview
    • Amdt5.5.1.2 Takings Clause: Current Doctrine
      • Amdt5.5.1.2.1  Public Use
      • Amdt5.5.1.2.2  Property Interests Subject to the Takings Clause
      • Amdt5.5.1.2.3  Physical Takings
      • Amdt5.5.1.2.4 Regulatory Takings
        • Amdt5.5.1.2.4.1  Regulatory Takings: General Doctrine
        • Amdt5.5.1.2.4.2  Regulatory Takings: Exceptions to the General Doctrine
    • Amdt5.5.1.3 Remedies for a Taking
      • Amdt5.5.1.3.1  Need for a Just Compensation
      • Amdt5.5.1.3.2  Calculating Just Compensation
      • Amdt5.5.1.3.3  Enforcing the Right to Compensation